Dresden was pretty much wiped of the face of the world by Allied fire bombing toward the end of the second war.
Many of the historic building were meticulously rebuild which is evident by the lighter colour of stones used on the buildings.
A lot of the new (post 1945) buildings were actually built in the old baroque style so as not to clash with the historic structures.
Statue of Martin Luther who taught at the university there for some time.
Photo-bombed in Dresden
Those two guys behind the four of us do not belong. I guess they noticed the self timer and joined in.
One interesting fact about crossing international borders within the European Union. As we traveled via the freeway system the only way we noticed that we crossed into Germany was because the roadside signs changed from Czech to German and back to Czech on our way back. The highway system seems to have been standardized so all traffic and highway signs are the same including the roadside attraction signs. The only thing different is the language on them.
On wednesday we are going to Paris and will be crossing two sets of borders. We will ride a tour coach overnight but, hopefully, we will be able to see something before it gets too dark.
Tomorrow we go and do some grocery shopping and then take the rest of the day off to rest.
No comments:
Post a Comment